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Re: Professional Engraving


From: David Stocker
Subject: Re: Professional Engraving
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 05:33:13 -0500
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>This isn't directly related to LilyPond, but I have a question for people on
>the mailing list. it seems like several people on this mailing list get
>payed to engrave music. How did you get started with those jobs?

I got started in professional engraving because I am a transcriber. I sought out transcribing work by contacting Guitar Magazines and Songbook Publishers. Some editors wanted the music delivered in Finale or Sibelius format, so I had to learn those programs. Ironically, I was doing the bulk of my work in handwritten manuscript (!!) for my largest steady client until very recently. Now I'm using Sibelius for them.

I have a few clients for whom I use LilyPond only. It's a real treat when they have work for me.

Early on, I set up a basic website. I'm not much of a coder and I don't have computer skills beyond writing, internet - basic consumer stuff (and of course, LilyPond syntax) - so it's pretty bare bones. Also, it hasn't been updated in a few years now, but it's cheap enough to keep up with and everyone's supposed to have a website nowadays, so here it is if you want to take a look. The most interesting part of it for someone who's interested in doing publishing related work is probably the estimated rates page ("Free Quote"). The rest of it is basically horn tooting.

http://notesettersinc.com

There's also a link to my blog, which I don't really keep up with. Some of the older posts may or may not be useful to you.

If you have more specific, business-oriented questions, please feel free to contact me off-group.

Best regards,

David




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